QOTW:  "teacup is binaries; bundling is source." - Donald G. Porter


    Eric Hassold details eTcl's standalone ("installation-free")
    executables:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/a088533a30b0781a

    Andreas Leitgeb illustrates the syntactic convenience and even
    mild security hardening of environment variables as an inter-
    process communication mechanism:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ab19a836bb13d0a8/

    Alexandre Ferrieux explains one way he quickly puts together
    advantageous little standalone Tcl-based executables that link
    to C libraries:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/116ddb40d05233ef


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his (mostly) weekly summary of Wiki action:
  Yet another week has passed ... new pages added, old pages updated, 
  so very much the usual business on the Wiki!
  
  Graphics
  - Ever wanted to use an unusual font but was reluctant to install
    the files containing it? Perhaps this page can be of help:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22262>
  
  - The canvas widget is one of our workhorses, but that does not
    mean it is the only graphics tool we have available. Here are
    some alternatives that could serve you well: 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22235>
  
  Hard work
  - You can (re)implement Tcl in, say, Java or C# if you want. 
    This page discusses some of the pros and cons: 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21770>
  
  - A nice study in design, this framework for web applications 
    wants to be simple and small. Let us see if that is possible!
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22259>
  
  Making it easy
  - Hands-on experience with ad hoc scripts: Tcl makes it easy
    to manipulate data, as your chronicler tries to illustrate
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22226>
  
  - The interface to FUSE as established this summer may mean
    a lot for Linux kernel programming ... follow the link at the 
    bottom of the page - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13853>
  
  - Here is a practical application for the D-Bus communication
    system: connecting to Skype via Tcl - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15290>
  

Everything Tcl-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these
pages:
    The "Welcome to comp.lang.tcl" message by Andreas Kupries
        http://www.purl.org/net/tcl-welcome
    comp.lang.tcl is a crucial resource for Tcl practitioners.
    An interesting perspective on its traffic appears at
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/about

    The Tcl Developer Site is Tcl's "home base".
	http://www.tcl.tk

    Larry Virden maintains a comp.lang.tcl FAQ launcher.
        http://www.purl.org/NET/Tcl-FAQ/

    The Tcl Developer Xchange is a highly organized resource center
    of documents and software with provisions for individuals to
    maintain references to their own software:
        http://www.tcl.tk/resource/
    The TDX sponsor, ActiveState, also keeps info to convince your
    boss Tcl is a good thing
        http://www.tcl.tk/scripting/

    The Tcl'ers Wiki is a huge, dynamic, collaboratively edited repository
    of documentation, examples, tutorials and pontifications on all things 
    Tcl.
        http://wiki.tcl.tk/0
    For the ideal overview of the topics about Tcl most likely to
    interest a newcomer, see "Arts and Crafts ..."
        http://wiki.tcl.tk/969
    There's also a high-quality Wikibook on Tcl:
        http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Tcl

    ActiveState maintains binaries distribution and development tools
        http://www.activestate.com/Tcl
    along with a Cookbook of Tcl recipes
        http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Tcl

    "La Gazette du Técleux" is an important monthly publication.
	http://wfr.tcl.tk/1159

    deli.cio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
    It already aggregates quite a bit of Tcl intelligence.
        http://del.icio.us/tag/tcl

    Cameron Laird tracks several Tcl/Tk references of interest (but
    needs to validate many of the links).
        http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/

    Years ago, Cetus Links maintained a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html

    "Yahoo! Groups" archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts--even 
    though clta itself is dormant.
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/

We're working on more useful archives of past installments.  Dave 
Williams generously is building up
    http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/comp/tclurl/index.htm
and of course Google gives us
  http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl

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